Friday, September 13, 2013

Celebrate Little Victories - Sands of Time

To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour. - William Blake

This past week, we received our unaccompanied baggage from Hawaii (dishes, linens, etc). No sooner had I unpacked (and recycled) the boxes, our stuff in storage arrived - European furniture, Polish pottery, even a piano. We stored @ 2500 pounds before we moved to Hawaii four years ago ... so I was pleasantly surprised to find stuff that I had forgotten. The very last box yielded the most precious gift - sand from the five beaches in Normandy that launched the D-Day Invasion. When we lived in the Netherlands, I traveled to Normandy with Jacqueline, Joy, and Ron. At Omaha Beach, Joy shared her ziplock bags for us to take home a reminder of the greatest generation who made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom we enjoy today.

Omaha BeachNational Archives - Public Domain

I thank Danielle G., Danielle D., Betty H. and Elizabeth H. for their recent boxes of goodies for military families.

I thank my kids for their extra effort to sort through our stuff ... and giving up toys they have outgrown.

My most recent victory is actually my daughter's. She has a chronic condition & just recently it has knocked her about, but she's just turned the corner. Here's to good health - for now - but we will take what we can.

I'm with Debby. I made it through the week. Still finding it difficult adjusting to all the changes in my life. And now feeling guilty when I see all the changes you are adjusting to, Kim! And also because I put the post about the military in a safe spot and haven't sent anything to you!! Argh!!!!!!